People ex rel. Bourne v. Howell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Frederick G. Bourne, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Suffolk Special Term, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 21st day of December, 1904, dismissing a writ of certiorari theretofore issued upon the application of the relator.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The’ relator seeks by certiorari to review the assessment of his real property, made by the assessors of the town of Islip, Suffolk county. No question is. raised as to overvaluation or inequality of assessment, but it is claimed that the assessment is illegal in that one continuous tract is assessed as separate parcels. The portion in respect to which the claim of illegality is, made consists of 1,092 acres made up of irregular parcels conveyed to the relator by some - sixteen different conveyances forming a continuous tract except as separated by the highway and a railroad. It is…
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